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Nuwara Eliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the City of Nuwara Eliya in Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts.^[1] Nuwara Eliya electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Nuwara Eliya continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent SLFP UNP

	Member	Party	Term
1947	Savumiamoorthy Thondaman	Ceylon India Congress	1947-1952
1952	P. P. Sumanatilaka	United National Party	1952-1956
1956	M. A. D. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1956-1960
1960 (March)	T. William Fernando		1960-1965
1960 (July)	T. William Fernando		1960-1965
1965	D. J. Ranaweera	United National Party	1965-1970
1970	Gamini Dissanayake		1970-1977
1972 by-election	Gamini Dissanayake		1970-1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:^[2]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman	Ceylon Workers' Congress	Star	9,386	66.69
James Thevathasam Rutnam		Hand	3,251	23.10
Lorensz Perera		Elephant	1,124	7.99
Valid Votes			13,761	97.78
Rejected Votes			313	2.22
Total Polled			14,074	100.00
Registered Electors			24,295
Turnout				57.93

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:^[3]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
P. P. Sumanatilaka	United National Party	Star	3,852	64.10
Vijayaratanam Vijayaratnasingham		Lamp	849	14.13
James Thevathasam Rutnam		Elephant	842	14.01
Anthony Joseph Meary de Silva		Hand	391	6.50
Valid Votes			5,934	98.75
Rejected Votes			75	1.25
Total Polled			6,009	100.00
Registered Electors			9,279
Turnout				64.76

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:^[4]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. A. D. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	4,681	60.36
P. P. Sumanatilaka	United National Party	Elephant	3,008	38.79
Valid Votes			7,689	99.15
Rejected Votes			66	0.85
Total Polled			7,755	100.00
Registered Electors			11,844
Turnout				65.48

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:^[5]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
T. William Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	2,397
Peter Mellaratchy	United National Party	Elephant	1,969
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman	Ceylon Workers' Congress	Tree	1,940
E. Wanigasekera		Scales	1,100
U. K. Wilfred Silva		Key	843
K. R. A. Pelpola		Umbrella	322
Rajah Seneviratne		Sewing Machine	320
D. K. D. Jinendrapala		Star	240
Hubert Medagama		Clock	56
Valid Votes			9,187	99.28
Rejected Votes			67	0.72
Total Polled			9,254	100.00
Registered Electors			12,195
Turnout				75.88

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[6]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
T. William Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	4,257	49.34
P. P. Sumanatilaka	United National Party	Elephant	3,421	39.65
Edmund Wanigasekera		Cartwheel	891	10.33
Valid Votes			8,569	99.32
Rejected Votes			59	0.68
Total Polled			8,628	100.00
Registered Electors			12,195
Turnout				70.75

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[7]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
D. J. Ranaweera	United National Party	Elephant	10,347	64.24
T. William Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	5,509	34.20
N. Sivagnanam		Bell	87	0.54
Valid Votes			15,943	98.97
Rejected Votes			165	1.02
Total Polled			16,108	100.00
Registered Electors			19,688
Turnout				81.82

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[8]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Gamini Dissanayake	United National Party	Elephant	10,887	54.41
T. William Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	8,810	44.03
C. V. Velupillai		Lamp	170	0.85
Valid Votes			19,867	99.29
Rejected Votes			143	0.71
Total Polled			20,010	100.00
Registered Electors			24,027
Turnout				83.28

1972 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:^[9]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Gamini Dissanayake	United National Party	Elephant	11,963	53.39
Herath Mudiyanselage Abeysinghe		Hand	10,092	45.04
Bandara Weerakoon Madawala		Cartwheel	98	0.44
Don Seneviratne		Lamp	92	0.41
P. Murugiah Abiman		Sun	52	0.23
Valid Votes			22,297	99.50
Rejected Votes			112	0.50
Total Polled			22,409	100.00
Registered Electors			24,027
Turnout				93.27

References

^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

[2] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[5] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[8] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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+{{Short description|Former electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
-'''Nuwara Eliya electoral district''' was an [[electoral district]] of [[Sri Lanka]] between [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1947|August 1947]] and [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1977|July 1977]]. The district was named after the City of [[Nuwara Eliya]] in [[Nuwara Eliya District]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]]. The [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|1978 Constitution]] of Sri Lanka introduced the [[proportional representation]] electoral system for [[Elections in Sri Lanka|electing]] [[Member of Parliament|members]] of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]. The existing 160 mainly [[Plurality voting system|single-member]] electoral districts were replaced with 22 [[multi-member]] [[electoral district]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/the-system-of-elections-in-sri-lanka/the-electoral-system|title=The Electoral System|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> Nuwara Eliya electoral district was replaced by the [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district]] at the [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989|1989 general elections]], the first under the proportional representation system, Nuwara Eliya continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
+'''Nuwara Eliya electoral district''' was an [[electoral district]] of [[Sri Lanka]] between [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|August 1947]] and [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|July 1977]]. The district was named after the City of [[Nuwara Eliya]] in [[Nuwara Eliya District]], [[Central Province, Sri Lanka|Central Province]]. The [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|1978 Constitution]] of Sri Lanka introduced the [[proportional representation]] electoral system for [[Elections in Sri Lanka|electing]] [[Member of Parliament|members]] of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]. The existing 160 mainly [[Plurality voting system|single-member]] electoral districts were replaced with 22 [[multi-member]] [[electoral district]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/the-system-of-elections-in-sri-lanka/the-electoral-system|title=The Electoral System|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> Nuwara Eliya electoral district was replaced by the [[Nuwara Eliya Electoral District|Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district]] at the [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 general elections]], the first under the proportional representation system, Nuwara Eliya continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
 ==Members of Parliament==
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+|style="background-color: {{party color|Ceylon Workers' Congress}}" |
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+| [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1947]]
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-| [[Ceylon Workers' Congress|CWC]]
+| [[Ceylon Workers' Congress|Ceylon India Congress]]
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+|style="background-color: {{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}" |
-| [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1956|1956]]
+| [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1956]]
-| [[M. A. D. Dissanayake]]
+| [[Andrew Dissanayake|M. A. D. Dissanayake]]
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 ==Elections==
 ===1947 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1947|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1947.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka  |accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1947.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=17 March 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 |-
-| align=left| James Thevathasam Rutnam || || align=left|Hand || align=right|3,251 || align=right|23.10
+| align=left| [[James T. Rutnam|James Thevathasam Rutnam]] || || align=left|Hand || align=right|3,251 || align=right|23.10
 |-
 | align=left| Lorensz Perera || || align=left|Elephant || align=right|1,124 || align=right|7.99
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 ===1952 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1952|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=17 March 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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-| align=left| [[P. P. Sumanatilaka]] || align=[[United National Party]] || align=left|Star || align=right|3,852 || align=right|64.10
+| align=left| [[P. P. Sumanatilaka]] || align=left|[[United National Party]] || align=left|Star || align=right|3,852 || align=right|64.10
 |-
 | align=left| Vijayaratanam Vijayaratnasingham || || align=left|Lamp ||  align=right|849 ||align=right|14.13
 |-
-| align=left| James Thevathasam Rutnam || || align=left|Elephant || align=right|842 || align=right|14.01
+| align=left| [[James T. Rutnam|James Thevathasam Rutnam]] || || align=left|Elephant || align=right|842 || align=right|14.01
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 | align=left| Anthony Joseph Meary de Silva || || align=left|Hand || align=right|391 ||align=right|6.50
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 ===1956 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1956|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1956.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka | accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1956.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka | access-date=17 March 2017}}</ref>
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 |-
-| align=left| [[M. A. D. Dissanayake]] || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=left|Hand || align=right|4,681 || align=right|60.36
+| align=left| [[Andrew Dissanayake|M. A. D. Dissanayake]] || align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]] || align=left|Hand || align=right|4,681 || align=right|60.36
 |-
 | align=left| [[P. P. Sumanatilaka]] || align=left|[[United National Party]] || align=left|Elephant || align=right|3,008 || align=right|38.79
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 ===1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, March 1960|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=17 March 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, July 1960|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-general-election-1960-07-20.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-general-election-1960-07-20.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=17 March 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1965 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1965|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-election-1965.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=13 September 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-election-1965.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=13 September 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1970 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1970|7th parliamentary election]] held on 27 May 1970:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1970.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]] held on 27 May 1970:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1970.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=17 March 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1972 Parliamentary By-Election===
-Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/elections1947-1988.pdf |title=Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=13 September 2017 }}</ref>
+Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/elections1947-1988.pdf |title=Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=13 September 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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v t e Electoral districts of Sri Lanka (1947–1989)
Central Province	Akurana Dambulla Galagedara Galaha Gampola Hanguranketha Harispattuwa Hewaheta Kadugannawa Kandy Kotagala Kotmale Kundasale Laggala Maskeliya Matale Maturata Minipe Nawalapitiya Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya Pathadumbara Rattota Senkadagala Talawakelle Teldeniya Udadumbara Udunuwara Walapane Wattegama Yatinuwara
Eastern Province	Ampara Batticaloa Kalkudah Kalmunai Mutur Nintavur Paddiruppu Pottuvil Samanthurai Seruvila Trincomalee
Northern Province	Chavakachcheri Jaffna Kankesanthurai Kayts Kilinochchi Kopay Manipay Mannar Mullaitivu Nallur Point Pedro Udupiddy Uduvil Vaddukoddai Vavuniya
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Anuradhapura East Anuradhapura West Horowpothana Kalawewa Kekirawa Medawachchiya Medirigiriya Mihintale Minneriya Polonnaruwa
North Western Province	Anamaduwa Bingiriya Chilaw Dambadeniya Dandagamuwa Dodangaslanda Galgamuwa Hiriyala Katugampola Kuliyapitiya Kurunegala Mawatagama Nattandiya Nikaweratiya Panduwasnuwara Polgahawela Puttalam Wariyapola Wennappuwa Yapahuwa
Uva	Badulla Bandarawela Bibile Buttala Hali-Ela Haputale Mahiyangana Moneragala Passara Soranatota Uva Paranagama Viyaluwa Welimada Wellawaya
Sabaragamuwa	Alutnuwara Aranayaka Balangoda Dedigama Dehiowita Deraniyagala Eheliyagoda Galigamuwa Kalawana Kegalle Kiriella Kolonna Mawanella Nivitigala Pelmadulla Rakwana Rambukkana Ratnapura Ruwanwella Yatiyantota
Southern Province	Akmeemana Akuressa Ambalangoda Ambalangoda-Balapitiya Baddegama Balapitiya Beliatta Bentara-Elpitiya Deniyaya Devinuwara Galle Habaraduwa Hakmana Hambantota Hiniduma Kamburupitiya Karandeniya Matara Mulkirigala Rathgama Tangalle Tissamaharama Udugama Weligama
Western Province	Agalawatte Attanagalla Avissawella Bandaragama Beruwala Biyagama Borella Bulathsinhala Colombo Central Colombo East Colombo North Colombo South Colombo West Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Divulapitiya Dompe Gampaha Homagama Horana Ja-Ela Kaduwela Kalutara Katana Kelaniya Kesbewa Kolonnawa Kottawa Kotte Mahara Maharagama Matugama Minuwangoda Mirigama Moratuwa Negombo Panadura Ratmalana Wattala Wellawatte-Galkissa
Current Electoral districts of Sri Lanka